BIT-joomla-2021-23126

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    BIT-joomla-2021-23126

    Published: 3 Apr 2025Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026

    Summary: [20210301] - Core - Insecure randomness within 2FA secret generation

    Details: An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.2.0 through 3.9.24. Usage of the insecure rand() function within the process of generating the 2FA secret.

    References: https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/841-20210301-core-insecure-randomness-within-2fa-secret-generation.html, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23126

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: joomla

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/joomla

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 3.2.0
    Fixed -3.9.25

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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